ABOUT ME

No Mess, No Magic Version

Hi, I’m Monica.

I help writers finish drafts even when their brains are screaming “maybe reorganizing the spice cabinet would be better right now.”

Because here’s the thing:

Writing isn’t hard because you don’t know enough craft.

Writing is hard because:

  • it’s vulnerable

  • it’s uncertain

  • your brain wants to protect you from failure

    So I help writers build systems, friendships, and practices that let them keep writing anyway.

Mess and all.

Professional Version

I have a Master’s in Publishing from Portland State University and a Bachelor’s in English Literature from UC Berkeley. I often like to call myself a “recovering academic.”

I’m also the author of The Shape of What Remains, a short story featured in Born of Rage: An Anthology Benefiting Women’s March.

I’m also the host of the No Mess, No Magic Podcast.

I’ve worked at two different literary agencies and served as the Director’s Assistant at WriteOnCon, an online children’s publishing conference. My work has been featured in Dabble Writer, the Perfect Your Process Summit, and multiple podcasts.

I blend my background in social work, publishing, and creative practice to help writers navigate the emotional side of the writing process. I focus on creative recovery and mastering the inner game of writing—the mind.

Random Facts

  • I’m a massive night owl.

  • I’m an ambivert — not quite an introvert, but not quite an extrovert.

  • I wrote my first book when I was 15. It will never see the light of day.

  • Nothing makes me happier than writing.

  • When I’m not writing, coaching or running my business, I love to travel.

  • I’m a deeply spiritual person, and love law of attraction, gratitude, and positivity. I lean on my spirit guides A LOT.

  • I don’t do “professional, buttoned up” in my work. I’m ADHD. I honest, spicy, unfiltered. But I’m also compassionate, kind, and will hold space for you.

  • I moved to Amsterdam in February 2024 with my husband and two cats.

  • I’m an enneagram 3w4. I am ambitious as fuck.

  • I come from a family of artists. My dad was a prolific artist of several mediums, and my mom still makes art to this day.

  • I love spice in books.

  • I’m a Cancer Sun, Aries Rising, and Sagittarius Moon.

  • I’m an avid audiobook reader. And yes, it’s still reading. I will die on that hill.

  • I cuss.